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| ====== How to Disappear Completely ====== | ====== How to Disappear Completely ====== | ||
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| + | //(Set sometime after //Night of The Rooster//, but depicting events before the start of the game)// | ||
| You watch the creatures scuttling on the beach, pattering tiny impressions into the sand. From time to time, their gaggle of legs sets off silent avalanches. | You watch the creatures scuttling on the beach, pattering tiny impressions into the sand. From time to time, their gaggle of legs sets off silent avalanches. | ||
| - | One day in the past, you know, these grains of sand were a mountain. That mountain, cracked by wind and rain, fractured by ice and scorching sun, disgorged a portion of itself: a boulder. That boulder, over time, shattered into smaller rocks; those rocks, pebbles; those pebbles, sand. | + | One day in the past, you know, these grains of sand were a mountain. That mountain, cracked by wind and rain, fractured by ice and scorching sun, disgorged a portion of itself: a boulder. That boulder, over time, crumbled into smaller rocks; those rocks, pebbles; those pebbles, sand. |
| And that, you know, is how the world goes. But you are not content. You understand this power; you realise what it //means//. The power to decide what is broken. The power to decide which mountains turn to sand. | And that, you know, is how the world goes. But you are not content. You understand this power; you realise what it //means//. The power to decide what is broken. The power to decide which mountains turn to sand. | ||
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| Over the next few weeks, you learn just how much a person will compromise to protect their core beliefs.// My child has not died//. Deep down, of course, you suspect that Theo’s parents realise - that they could not help but realise - the multitude of discrepancies between their son and you: the inch of difference in your height (my, Theo, how you’ve grown!), your calloused body, your tan, your mannerisms, the vast gaps in your knowledge (it must have been the fall...) | Over the next few weeks, you learn just how much a person will compromise to protect their core beliefs.// My child has not died//. Deep down, of course, you suspect that Theo’s parents realise - that they could not help but realise - the multitude of discrepancies between their son and you: the inch of difference in your height (my, Theo, how you’ve grown!), your calloused body, your tan, your mannerisms, the vast gaps in your knowledge (it must have been the fall...) | ||
| - | You feel that there is almost the flavour of negotiation about the way your family remind you of what their child is really like: ‘Dear heart, but you always used to //love// my cabbage rolls…’ And oftentimes, you wonder if these Cargans don’t take the opportunity to make a few adjustments while they’re are at it: ‘But Theo, you //must// remember how much you love to listen to Aunt Agatha talk about family history!’ | + | You feel that there is almost the flavour of negotiation about the way your family remind you of what their child is really like: ‘Dear heart, but you always used to //love// my cabbage rolls…’ And oftentimes, you wonder if these Cargans don’t take the opportunity to make a few adjustments while they’re at it: ‘But Theo, you //must// remember how much you love to listen to Aunt Agatha talk about our family history!’ |
| - | Nevermind. You’re smart. You learn quickly what is expected from you. Bumbling and blustering - not taciturn and directed. Forthright - not calculated. Honest, not secretive. Fiercely loyal. Terribly naive. You are terrified when they discover you practicing magic in your room that the facade has finally come to an end. Instead of retribution, they shower you with praise. Another mage in the family! How //exciting//. | + | Nevermind. You’re smart. You learn quickly what is expected from you. Bumbling and blustering - not taciturn and focused. Forthright - not calculated. Honest, not secretive. Fiercely loyal. Terribly naive. You are terrified when they discover you practicing magic in your room that the facade is finally over. Instead of retribution, they shower you with praise. Another mage in the family! How //exciting//. |
| It is only when you look in the mirror that a jarring sense of discord overpowers you. The person reflected in the glass is never Theophilius Cargan, but Theodore Krave. Theodore stares back at you, accusingly. | It is only when you look in the mirror that a jarring sense of discord overpowers you. The person reflected in the glass is never Theophilius Cargan, but Theodore Krave. Theodore stares back at you, accusingly. | ||
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